Steve Bull's England debut: When Wolverhampton Wanderers legend 'Bully' scored against Scotland - Birmingham Mail Steve Bull's England debut: When Wolverhampton Wanderers legend 'Bully' scored against Scotland Memorable moment for Wolves hero Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now When England play Scotland tonight the latest instalment of this home international will bring back happy memories for Wolverhampton Wanderers fans. It was May 27 1989 and after tearing up the lower leagues for Wolves, Steve Bull was finally unleashed on the international scene. Bobby Robson called up Bully for the Rous Cup match against Scotland at Hampden Park and the Tipton hitman did not disappoint his country. Having replaced the injured John Fashanu as a 32nd minute substitute, Bull showed the nation why the old gold and black faithful loved him so much. Bearing in mind, he was still a Third Division player at that time having just helped Graham Turner's men to promotion just weeks earlier.

But this was no ordinary third tier player - this was a striker who had scored a century of goals (102 to be precise) in the previous two campaigns. Bully's first international goal on 80 minutes was a remarkable effort, as the Molineux idol somehow controlled a long ball forward from right-back Gary Stevens with the back of his head before sweeping a shot past Scotland goalkeeper Jim Leighton. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - Wolves « Express & Star Click here to get directions and map to the ground. Wolves' Molineux stadium is situated in Waterloo Road just outside the city centre and just off the city’s ring road. On match days parking restrictions are in force in streets surrounding the stadium and residents, visitors and business require a permit to park. The city's main car parks fill up very quickly, but there are park and ride facilities available.

Free parking is available at: Priestfield Metro Stop, Bilston Road - 24hr CCTV Surveillance – use Midland Metro Tettenhall Pool, off Stockwell Road / A41 Wergs Road – use bus service 501 Plascom Road and Corser Street car parks, off A454 Willenhall Road – use bus service 529 If you are coming by train, Wolverhampton railway station is just 5-10 minutes walk away. Wolves results, table, trophies and tickets League Cup winners: 1974, 1980 FA Charity Shield: 1954 (shared with West Brom) Sherpa Van Trophy winners: 1988 Texaco Cup winners: 1971 Wolverhampton Wanderers heroes With such a long, rich history there are plenty of players jostling to be considered for our Wolves ‘roll of honour’.

Here’s our six of the best, in order of appearance: Wolverhampton Wanderers hero Dennis Westcott Wolves career: 1937-1948 124 goals in 144 appearances Signed as a striker in 1937, Dennis Westcott scored on his debut as Wolves beat Grimsby 6-2 in the FA Cup. In his first full season he scored 22 goals and the following season netted 43 times in 43 appearances, setting a club record which stood for 50 years until it was broken by Steve Bull. Westcott scored 38 goals in the 1946-47 season, making him the top scorer in the league. He was released by Wolves in 1948 and went on to play for Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Chesterfield, and Stafford Rangers. He died from leukaemia, aged 43, in 1960. Wolverhampton Wanderers hero Billy Wright Wolves career: 1939-1959 16 goals in 541 appearances Centre half Billy Wright CBE spent his whole career at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

He also made 105 appearances for England, captaining them a record 90 times. He was only 14 when he made his debut for a Wolves B team and made his first team debut aged 15 at Nottingham County. As club captain Wright led Wolves to the First Division title in 1954, 1958 and 1959 as well as winning the FA Cup in 1949. He retired as a player in August 1959 having never been cautioned or sent off. Wright then went on to manage England's youth team in 1960, before becoming Arsenal’s manager from 1962-1966. Billy Wright died from cancer in 1994, aged 70. A statue of him stands outside Molineux and one of the stands is named after him.

Wolverhampton Wanderers hero Peter Broadbent Wolves career: 1951-1965 145 goals in 497 appearances Midfielder Peter Broadbent joined Wolves from Brentford and was a part of the team that won the First Division title in 1954, 1958 and 1959 and the FA Cup in 1960. He was the scorer of Wolves’ first ever goal in European competition, against Schalke in the European Cup in 1958. Broadbent played seven times for England. After he left Wolves in 1965 he went on to play for Shrewsbury Town, Aston Villa, Stockport County and Bromsgrove Rovers. Wolverhampton Wanderers hero Derek Dougan Wolves career: 1967-1976 123 goals in 323 appearances Derek ‘The Doog’ Dougan was a versatile player who plied his trade in defence, midfield and as a forward.

He made an immediate impression on his home debut against Hull City, when he scored a hat-trick and was part of the Wolves team that clinched promotion to the First Division that season. He was top scorer in the 1967-68, 1968-69 and 1971-72 seasons and was awarded a League Cup winners medal in 1974. Dougan won 43 senior caps and scored eight goals for Northern Ireland. He was one of the game’s big personalities and remained a fans’ favourite long after he retired from league football in 1975 to manage non-league Kettering Town. Derek Dougan died a heart attack at the age of 69 in 2007. Wolverhampton Wanderers hero John Richards Wolves career: 1969-1983 194 goals in 486 appearances Striker John Richards made his debut in the 1970 derby at West Bromwich Albion, a match which ended 3-3. He would go on to become the club’s leading scorer until Steve Bull surpassed him in 1992.

His best ever seasonal goal haul was in the 1972-73 season when he netted 36 times. He tasted cup glory when he scored the winner against Manchester City in the 1974 League Cup Final and won a second League Cup medal in 1980, against Nottingham Forest. He holds the club record for the most FA Cup goals, with 24. Richards left Wolves following a loan spell with Derby County, going on to play for CS Marítimo in Portugal. He won just one England cap, playing against Northern Ireland in May 1973. Wolverhampton Wanderers hero Steve Bull Wolves career: 1986-1999 306 goals in 561 appearances Striker Steve Bull, MBE, known by fans as “Bully” holds Wolverhampton Wanderers’ goalscoring record with more than 300 goals in all competitions. He joined Wolves from West Brom in 1986, beginning a 13-year career in which he became a true club legend.

Bull remains the club’s all-time leading goalscorer with 306 goals in competitive games, 250 of those in the Football League. In the 1987–88 season he became Wolves highest goalscorer in a single season with 52 goals. He has also scored a club record of 18 hat-tricks. Bull was part of the Wolves team that won the Fourth Division championship in 1988 and the Third Division Championship the following season. While still playing in the Third Division, he was selected for the England team and scored on his debut against Scotland at Hampden Park. He was capped 13 times for the England team between 1989 and 1991, scoring four goals. After he announced his retirement in 1999 Bull went on to become a player-coach at Hereford United. He was briefly manager of Stafford Rangers of the Blue Square North and has a stand named after him at Molineux.

Famous Wolves fans Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant watching Wolves at Molineux with former Wolverhampton Wanderers player Andy Mutch Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze), Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Noddy Holder (Slade), Eric Idle (Monty Python), Beverley Knight (singer) Denise Lewis (Olympic gold medalist). And finally . . . The Molineux name originates from Benjamin Molineux, a local merchant who built his home on the grounds where Wolverhampton Wanderers' stadium now stands. Football Memories | Adam Bate - | Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Add your own memory! Steve Bull was a phenomenon. He was the third division player who represented his country; the second division player who went to the World Cup with England. It was quite the story for the former builders’ yard worker from Tipton – and it was an unbelievably exciting time to be a Wolves fan. It was Bull’s goals for Wolves that had reinvigorated a club on the brink. Bull had sat in the stands as a new signing from rivals Albion and watched as his new team were eliminated from the FA Cup in the first round at the hands of Chorley.

Languishing in the fourth division after three consecutive relegations and with more than half the ground dilapidated and closed, the club was in despair. Bull’s goals – 102 of them in just two seasons – brought back-to-back league titles and restored civic pride. Just 4,129 were in attendance to see Bull’s first league goal at Molineux in December 1986. By the time Bull was scoring against Sheffield United to secure a return to the second tier in May 1989, he was playing in front of a home crowd of 24,321. It’s difficult to imagine a player having a greater impact on a football club in such a short space of time. As a result, a generation of Wolves fans grew up supporting one man as much as they did the club itself. When Bull was called up to play in an England U21 match against Poland, journalist David Instone recalls: “An astonishing 500 or more Wolves supporters turned Plymouth’s Home Park into a Molineux-by-the-sea.” Bull was soon knocking on the door of the full England squad.

A few years later with the emergence of Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, Teddy Sheringham, Les Ferdinand and Robbie Fowler, it is unlikely that such an opportunity would have existed. But Bull was up against the likes of John Fashanu, Mark Hateley and Tony Cottee – it represented a window of opportunity for an unknown quantity. And so the opportunity came. Bull came on as a first-half substitute for the injured Fashanu at Hampden Park and scored a debut goal against Scotland. He then secured his ticket to Italy by followed it up with a brace against Czechoslovakia in only his second full start. Already a local hero, Bull was now a national curiosity – the backstreet international determined to gatecrash the greatest show on earth. Bobby Robson enthusiastically described Bull as “the most refreshing player to hit the scene for a very long time”. Jimmy Greaves, meanwhile, went on national television sporting a t-shirt demanding that Robson ‘LET THE BULL LOOSE’. A TV poll with more than 25,000 callers revealed 64% of the public wanted Bull and not Peter Beardsley to partner Gary Lineker at the World Cup.

And the Wolves fans would be with their hero every step of the way – and especially at the team’s Sardinia World Cup base. Pete Davies, author of One Night in Turin, wrote of how he “flew back into Cagliari with yet another Wolves fan (they were everywhere)”. They were in for a treat. Bull had already spared England some embarrassment with a late equaliser against Tunisia and he followed it up by scoring two in a warm-up game against Cagliari and another against a Sardinia Select XI. England’s World Cup campaign finally began against the Republic of Ireland and Davies noted: “When the sides were named, Stevie Bull – as a substitute – got the biggest England cheer.” But Robson ignored Bull for all but the final six minutes. The manager had earlier replaced Beardsley with Steve McMahon in a negative move that backfired when the midfielder’s error led to an Ireland equaliser. Bull hysteria now reached record levels. Martin Swain, a reporter with Wolverhampton’s Express and Star, had by now arrived at England’s training camp armed with a sackful of 750 letters from well-wishers.

The arrival turned the heads of the more famous names in the squad but by now they were almost used to it – they had certainly become accustomed to the cheer that went up after every single one of Bull’s training ground goals. The next group game was against Holland and Bull was again on the bench. As Davies recalls: “The crowd grew buzzy with excitement as they realised Steve Bull was coming on for Chris Waddle.” In fact, Bull nearly scored with his first touch – completely mistiming a headed chance. The game ended 0-0 and Robson bemoaned Bull’s miss saying: “Bully found himself in a match out of proportion to anything he’s been involved in in his life. In all his life. It was a good chance and although he’d just gone on I’m afraid you have to deal with that at this level.” Even so, it was a bright performance and Bull did enough to earn a start for the crucial final group match against Egypt. Interviewed in the build-up to the game, Bull admitted to being a little uncomfortable about all the attention, saying: “It’s a bit embarrassing sometimes.

I can’t get on there and score goals all the time – they’re chanting for me, then I might go out and have a nightmare. But I enjoy it. I enjoy all the publicity, all the stuff in the papers. You can never stop them cheering for you, can you? That’s what gets you on the pitch.” As it was, England won against Egypt thanks to the unlikely source of a Mark Wright header with both Bull and Lineker starved of service. Although this turned out to be the only game of England’s famous Italia ’90 campaign that they actually won within 90 minutes, the calls for Bull’s inclusion quietened after a disjointed team display. England would revert to a sweeper system with Terry Butcher replacing Bull in the only change for the second round tie against Belgium. It was a cracking game with the skills of Waddle and Belgium’s Enzo Scifo to the fore. Bull eventually got his chance when John Barnes pulled up with a groin strain and proceeded to play an active role in England’s push for the winner – forcing Michel Preud’homme into conceding a corner with a fine 20-yard effort.

It was end-to-end stuff and just when the prospect of Bull taking a penalty loomed large, he instead had the best view in the house for roommate David Platt’s spectacular 120th minute winner. England were through to the quarter finals and a match with African underdogs Cameroon, who they duly eliminated in an undeserved 3-2 extra-time win thanks to two Gary Lineker penalties. Bull was not called upon and had in fact seen his last action of the 1990 World Cup. But it was so nearly very different. With England 1-0 down to Germany in the semi-final and just 10 minutes left on the clock, Bull was getting stripped and ready to try and fire England into the World Cup Final. Bull remembers it well. “I can still picture it now, with Bobby Robson saying ‘get yourself warmed up, get your tracksuit off, you’re going on’. I thought ‘oh my word, I’ve got a chance, I’m going on against Germany in the World Cup. I’ll have some of this!’ All of a sudden I’m about to unzip my tracksuit top and Gary Lineker scores his goal through the defender’s legs.

As it went in Bobby turned to me and said ‘just put your tracksuit back on Bully’. I thought as the game might still go into extra time, I still might get another chance, so when Bobby told me that I didn’t give up hope but I was a bit deflated.” A few penalties later, England’s dream was over - and so was Bull’s World Cup adventure. He was soon linked with some of Europe’s biggest clubs but instead returned home and signed a two-year extension to his Wolves deal. He was destined to spend the next nine years trying and failing to reach the top flight with Wolves and indeed played just twice more for England under new manager Graham Taylor. A career that had briefly captured the imagination of a nation ended up being the ultimate localised phenomenon. But for one glorious Italian summer the world was at the feet of a former builders’ yard worker from Tipton. Add your own memory … This site is all about your memories. If you enjoyed reading this memory, why not add your own now ? Replay Football | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Adam Bate - Wolverhampton Wanderers Adam Bate - Steve Bull was a phenomenon.

He was the third division player who represented his country; the second division player who went to the World Cup with England. It was quite the story for the former builders’ yard worker from Tipton – and it was an unbelievably exciting time to be a Wolves fan. It was Bull’s goals for Wolves that had reinvigorated a club on the brink. Bull had sat in the stands as a new signing from rivals Albion and watched as his new team were eliminated from the FA Cup in the first round at the hands of Chorley. Languishing in the fourth division after three consecutive relegations and with more than half the ground dilapidated and closed, the club was in despair. Bull’s goals – 102 of them in just two seasons – brought back-to-back league titles and restored civic pride. Just 4,129 were in attendance to see Bull’s first league goal at Molineux in December 1986. By the time Bull was scoring against Sheffield United to secure a return to the second tier in May 1989, he was playing in front of a home crowd of 24,321.

It’s difficult to imagine a player having a greater impact on a football club in such a short space of time. As a result, a generation of Wolves fans grew up supporting one man as much as they did the club itself. When Bull was called up to play in an England U21 match against Poland, journalist David Instone recalls: “An astonishing 500 or more Wolves supporters turned Plymouth’s Home Park into a Molineux-by-the-sea.” Bull was soon knocking on the door of the full England squad. A few years later with the emergence of Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, Teddy Sheringham, Les Ferdinand and Robbie Fowler, it is unlikely that such an opportunity would have existed. But Bull was up against the likes of John Fashanu, Mark Hateley and Tony Cottee – it represented a window of opportunity for an unknown quantity. And so the opportunity came. Bull came on as a first-half substitute for the injured Fashanu at Hampden Park and scored a debut goal against Scotland. He then secured his ticket to Italy by followed it up with a brace against Czechoslovakia in only his second full start.

Already a local hero, Bull was now a national curiosity – the backstreet international determined to gatecrash the greatest show on earth. Bobby Robson enthusiastically described Bull as “the most refreshing player to hit the scene for a very long time”. Jimmy Greaves, meanwhile, went on national television sporting a t-shirt demanding that Robson ‘LET THE BULL LOOSE’. A TV poll with more than 25,000 callers revealed 64% of the public wanted Bull and not Peter Beardsley to partner Gary Lineker at the World Cup. And the Wolves fans would be with their hero every step of the way – and especially at the team’s Sardinia World Cup base. Pete Davies, author of One Night in Turin, wrote of how he “flew back into Cagliari with yet another Wolves fan (they were everywhere)”. They were in for a treat. Bull had already spared England some embarrassment with a late equaliser against Tunisia and he followed it up by scoring two in a warm-up game against Cagliari and another against a Sardinia Select XI.

England’s World Cup campaign finally began against the Republic of Ireland and Davies noted: “When the sides were named, Stevie Bull – as a substitute – got the biggest England cheer.” But Robson ignored Bull for all but the final six minutes. The manager had earlier replaced Beardsley with Steve McMahon in a negative move that backfired when the midfielder’s error led to an Ireland equaliser. Bull hysteria now reached record levels. Martin Swain, a reporter with Wolverhampton’s Express and Star, had by now arrived at England’s training camp armed with a sackful of 750 letters from well-wishers. The arrival turned the heads of the more famous names in the squad but by now they were almost used to it – they had certainly become accustomed to the cheer that went up after every single one of Bull’s training ground goals. The next group game was against Holland and Bull was again on the bench. As Davies recalls: “The crowd grew buzzy with excitement as they realised Steve Bull was coming on for Chris Waddle.” In fact, Bull nearly scored with his first touch – completely mistiming a headed chance.

The game ended 0-0 and Robson bemoaned Bull’s miss saying: “Bully found himself in a match out of proportion to anything he’s been involved in in his life. In all his life. It was a good chance and although he’d just gone on I’m afraid you have to deal with that at this level.” Even so, it was a bright performance and Bull did enough to earn a start for the crucial final group match against Egypt. Interviewed in the build-up to the game, Bull admitted to being a little uncomfortable about all the attention, saying: “It’s a bit embarrassing sometimes. I can’t get on there and score goals all the time – they’re chanting for me, then I might go out and have a nightmare. But I enjoy it. I enjoy all the publicity, all the stuff in the papers. You can never stop them cheering for you, can you? That’s what gets you on the pitch.” As it was, England won against Egypt thanks to the unlikely source of a Mark Wright header with both Bull and Lineker starved of service.

Although this turned out to be the only game of England’s famous Italia ’90 campaign that they actually won within 90 minutes, the calls for Bull’s inclusion quietened after a disjointed team display. England would revert to a sweeper system with Terry Butcher replacing Bull in the only change for the second round tie against Belgium. It was a cracking game with the skills of Waddle and Belgium’s Enzo Scifo to the fore. Bull eventually got his chance when John Barnes pulled up with a groin strain and proceeded to play an active role in England’s push for the winner – forcing Michel Preud’homme into conceding a corner with a fine 20-yard effort. It was end-to-end stuff and just when the prospect of Bull taking a penalty loomed large, he instead had the best view in the house for roommate David Platt’s spectacular 120th minute winner. England were through to the quarter finals and a match with African underdogs Cameroon, who they duly eliminated in an undeserved 3-2 extra-time win thanks to two Gary Lineker penalties. Bull was not called upon and had in fact seen his last action of the 1990 World Cup. But it was so nearly very different.

With England 1-0 down to Germany in the semi-final and just 10 minutes left on the clock, Bull was getting stripped and ready to try and fire England into the World Cup Final. Bull remembers it well. “I can still picture it now, with Bobby Robson saying ‘get yourself warmed up, get your tracksuit off, you’re going on’. I thought ‘oh my word, I’ve got a chance, I’m going on against Germany in the World Cup. I’ll have some of this!’ All of a sudden I’m about to unzip my tracksuit top and Gary Lineker scores his goal through the defender’s legs. As it went in Bobby turned to me and said ‘just put your tracksuit back on Bully’. I thought as the game might still go into extra time, I still might get another chance, so when Bobby told me that I didn’t give up hope but I was a bit deflated.” A few penalties later, England’s dream was over - and so was Bull’s World Cup adventure. He was soon linked with some of Europe’s biggest clubs but instead returned home and signed a two-year extension to his Wolves deal.

He was destined to spend the next nine years trying and failing to reach the top flight with Wolves and indeed played just twice more for England under new manager Graham Taylor. A career that had briefly captured the imagination of a nation ended up being the ultimate localised phenomenon. But for one glorious Italian summer the world was at the feet of a former builders’ yard worker from Tipton. England Football Online - Trivia Trivia We've collected these pieces of trivia from various sources over the years and we've tried to verify them where possible. But if you know better or more, please let us know. Players Age Youngest player Theo Walcott , Arsenal, replaced Rooney as England's youngest ever player on 30 May 2006 when he came on as a 65th minute substitute against Hungary at Old Trafford, Manchester. Walcott was 17 years and 75 days old. Wayne Rooney , Everton, was 17 years and 111 days old when he played against Australia on 12 February 2003.

Rooney had finally ended a 124 year record, displacing James Prinsep of Clapham Rovers, who was only 17 years and 253 days old when he played against Scotland on 5 April 1879. Rooney is the youngest player to start for England, when he did so against Turkey on 2 April 2003. He was 17 years and 160 days. Age Oldest player to appear Stanley Matthews, 42 years and 103 days old, against Denmark, 15 May 1957. Alec Morten has a disputed date of birth. He was 68 years old at the time of his death on 24 February 1900. Meaning he was born in either 1831 or 1832, making him 41 or 42 on 8 March 1873 against Scotland. Age Oldest player to make his debut Alec Morten has a disputed date of birth. He was 68 years old at the time of his death on 24 February 1900.

Meaning he was born in either 1831 or 1832, making him 41 or 42 on 8 March 1873 against Scotland, one non-specific source says 41 years and 114 days old. Either way - the oldest debutant. Leslie Compton was 38 years and 65 days old, in a 4-2 victory over Wales in Sunderland, November 15, 1950 Age Oldest opposition player Billy Meredith, 45 years and 229 days old, for Wales, 15 March 1920. Age Youngest opposition player Sam Johnston, was 15 years and 154 days old, for Ireland, 18 February 1881. If the source is correct, then Jaroslav Jirkovský was 16 years and 242 days when he played for the Slavia Praha side that represented Bohemia against England on 13 June 1908.

The modern-day record lay with Salomon Olembe, who was 16 years and 342 days old, when playing for Cameroon on 15 November 1997. Blendi Nallbani, most definitely the youngest opposition goalkeeper at 17 years and 331 days, for Albania, 26 April 1989. Age Youngest player to score Wayne Rooney , Everton, was 17 years and 317 days old when he scored in the 53rd minute against Macedonia on 6 September 2003. Age Youngest opposition player to score Wi llie Gibson , 17 years and 153 days old when he scored in a late Ireland equaliser, on 3 March 1894. It was the first time Ireland avoided defeat at the hands of England, albeit, some match reports say the ball went through the side. Jean Capelle, at 17 years and 202 days, scored for Belgium against England on 16 May 1931 in Brussels.

Age Youngest debutant to score Marcus Rashford, Manchester United, having played just eighteen first team matches for his club, scored 138 seconds into his debut against Australia, 27 May 2016, at The Stadium of Light, Sunderland. He was 18 years and 209 days old. Beating the previous record held by T ommy Lawton , Everton, was 19 years and 16 days old when he scored a penalty against Wales on 22 October 1938. Age Youngest player to score a penalty T ommy Lawton , Everton, was 19 years and 16 days old when he scored a penalty on his debut against Wales on 22 October 1938. Age Oldest player to score Stanley Matthews was 41 years and 248 days old when he scored for England in the 2nd minute against Northern Ireland on 10 October 1956. Age Oldest debutant to score Jimmy Moore was 34 years and 11 days old when he scored for England against Sweden on 21 May 1923. Bill Nicholson is the oldest post-war scoring debutant.

He was 32 years and 113 days when he scored against Portugal on 19 May 1951. Age Youngest Captain Bobby Moore was 22 years and 47 days when he captained England to a 4-2 win against Czechoslovakia in Bratislava on May 29, 1963. Tinsley Lindley was 22 years and 100 days old when he captained England against Wales in February 1888. After Bobby Moore, Michael Owen was 22 years and 125 days old when he captained England against Paraguay on 17 April 2002. Sol Campbell is by far the youngest Black Captain, he was 23 years and 254 days old when he led England out against Belgium, 29 May 1998. Gerry Francis was 23 years old and 272 days old when he captained England against Switzerland on 3 September 1975.

Steven Gerrard was 23 years old and 307 days old when he took the armband for the first time in England's match against Sweden on 31 March 2004. Wayne Rooney was 24 years and 22 days old when he captained England for the first time against Brazil in Qatar on 14 November 2009. Billy Wright was 24 years and 228 days when he gained the first of his ninety captaincies. Age Youngest Opposition Captain Olphie Stanfield, when he was only five days into his twentieth year, led his Ireland side out against England on 2 March 1889. James Fitzpatrick captained Ireland on his debut on 7 March 1896, he was 20 years old and 79 days. Aaron Ramsey, is most certainly the youngest post-war captain when he did so for Wales against England on 26 March 2011. He was 20 years and 90 days old, when Wales manager Gary Speed choose him to be the new national side's captain.

Andreas Ivanschitz was 20 years and 325 days old when he captained Austria against England on 4 September 2005. Age Oldest Captain in the third place play-off of the 1990 World Cup. Age Youngest player to play at a World Cup final tournament Michael Owen was 18 years and 183 days old when he made a substitute appearance against Tunisia in Marseille in the 1998 World Cup. He started the final group match against Colombia in Lens, aged 18 years and 194 days. Age Youngest player to score at a World Cup final tournament Michael Owen was 18 years and 190 days old when he scored against Romania in Toulouse in the 1998 World Cup. He broke the record set by Jimmy Greaves in the 1962 World Cup. Age Oldest player to score at a World Cup final tournament Tom Finney was 36 years old and 64 days old when he scored in the opening World Cup Finals match in 1958, against the USSR on 8 June 1958.

He already held the record, aged 32 years old and 82 days when he scored England's final goal of the 1954 tournament against Uruguay on 26 June 1954. Wilf Mannion, the scorer of England's second ever World Cup goal, was 32 years and 40 days old when he scored against Chile in the Maracana, on 25 June 1950. Ivor Broadis was 31 years and 181 days old when scored twice against Belgium on 17 June 1954. Jimmy Mullen was 31 years and 165 days old when he scored three days later against Switzerland. David Beckham, when he scored his free-kick against Ecuador, on 25 June 2006, was 31 years and 54 days. Matthew Upson, four years later, against Germany on 27 June 2010, was also 31 years old, and 68 days. Steven Gerrard had only just turned 30 years old when he scored against the USA at the beginning of the 2010 tournament.

Age Youngest goalkeeper to play at a World Cup final tournament P aul Robinson was 26 years and 238 days old when he played against Paraguay in Frankfurt in the 2006 World Cup. Age Youngest player on a World Cup final tournament squad Theo Walcott , 2006 World Cup finals, at the time of the first match, Walcott was 17 years and 87 days old. Age Oldest player to play at a World Cup final tournament Peter Shilton was 40 years and 293 days old when he played against Italy , as captain, in the third place play-off of the 1990 World Cup. Age Oldest player on a World Cup final tournament squad Peter Shilton, 1990 World Cup finals, at the time of the first match, Shilton was 40 years and 267 days old.

Age Youngest player to play at a European Championship final tournament Marcus Rashford was a 73rd minute subsitute against Wales, the second group match of Euro 2016 in France, he was 18 years and 229 days, taking five days off the record previously held by Wayne Rooney , who was 18 years and 234 days old when he played against France in Portugal in the 2004 European Championship Finals. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had become the third eighteen year old to appear for England in a major tournament, following Rooney and previous to that, Michael Owen in the 1998 World Cup Finals, when he played against France in Donetsk in the 2012 European Championship Finals. He was 18 years and 301 days. Age Youngest player to score at a European Championship final tournament Wayne Rooney was 18 years and 237 days old when he scored twice against Switzerland in Portugal in the 2004 European Championship Finals.

Age Youngest goalkeeper to play at a European Championship final tournament Joe Hart was 25 years and 53 days old when he played against France in Donetsk in the 2012 European Championship Finals. Age Youngest player on a European Championship final tournament squad Marcus Rashford, who at the time of the first match in the 2016 European Championship Finals, against Russia, was 18 years and 224 days, to beat the previous record by ten days, held by Wayne Rooney , who during the 2004 European Championship Finals, at the time of the first match, was 18 years and 234 days. Age Oldest player to play at a European Championship final tournament Peter Shilton was 38 years and 272 days old when he played against Netherlands in Düsseldorf during Euro 88. It was his one hundredth cap. Age Oldest player to score at a European Championship final tournament Trevor Brooking was 31 years and 260 days old when he scored against Spain in Napoli during Euro 80, on 22 June 1980.

Bryan Robson was 31 years and 156 days old when he scored Netherlands during the unsuccessful Euro 1988 tournament. Age Oldest player on a European Championship final tournament squad Peter Shilton, 1988 European Championship finals, at the time of the first match, Shilton was 38 years and 8 months old. Jermain Defoe, 7 goals scored whilst a substitute, between 2007 and 2012. Peter Crouch scored his fifth substitute goal against France, November 2010. Substitute Most goals scored for England by substitutes Three, twice. Firstly in the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester in a FA Summer Tournament match against Iceland, on 5 June 2004. Darius Vassell, twice, and Wayne Bridge scored after coming on as substitutes. Then, in San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, on 5 September 2015, Theo Walcott (twice) and Harry Kane, after alos coming on as substitutes. Substitute Most substitutes scoring against England Three, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 17 August 2005.

Three Danish substitutes, Dennis Rommedahl, Michael Gravgaard and Søren Larsen all scored in the 4-1 friendly demolition of England. Substitute Most substitutions in a match All by Sven-Goran Eriksson BME Black and Minority Ethnic players Viv Anderson was the first BME player to appear for England. His first cap came in the 1-0 victory against Czechoslovakia at Wembley on 29 November 1978, when he played for Nottingham Forest. He later earned caps while playing for Arsenal and Manchester United. Although he was a member of both the 1982 and 1986 World Cup squads, his only appearance in the finals of a major tournament came in the 2-1 victory over Spain in the European Championship finals of 1980 in Italy. Altogether he made 30 England appearances spread over a 10-season international career that came to a close in the 1-1 Rous Cup draw with Colombia at Wembley on May 24, 1988.

Recently he served as assistant manager at Middlesbrough under his former England teammate and captain Bryan Robson, Anderson was awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours List published 31 December 1999. Laurie Cunningham made his England debut later the same season in the goalless draw with Wales at Wembley on 23 May 1979. Cyrille Regis first appeared for England as a substitute in the 4-0 victory over Northern Ireland at Wembley on 23 February 1982. Luther Blissett got his first cap as a substitute in the 2-1 loss to West Germany at Wembley on 13 October 1982. Clubs Players from Clubs in the Second Level Division Plenty of Second Level players have played for England .

In the last 20 years, the following have all achieved this feat: Gary Pallister (Middlesbrough), Steve Bull (Wolverhampton Wanderers), David Hirst (Sheffield Wednesday), Earl Barrett (Oldham Athletic), Stuart Pearce (Nottingham Forest), Paul Merson and Paul Gascoigne (both Middlesbrough), Michael Gray and Kevin Phillips (both Sunderland), Richard Wright (Ipswich Town), David James (West Ham United), David Nugent (Preston North End), Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff City), Rob Green (West Ham United), Jack Butland (Birmingham City), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) and Tom Heaton (Burnley). All of these, with the exception of Bull, James, Nugent and Butland played for clubs which were promoted at the end of the relevant season.

Clubs Players from Clubs Outside the Two Top Divisions Jack Fort (Millwall, 1921), Ernie Simms (Luton Town, 1921), Fred Titmuss and Bill Rawlings (both Southampton, 1922), Seth Plum and Harold Miller (both Charlton Athletic, 1923), Tommy Cook (Brighton & Hove Albion, 1925), Len Graham and Fred Fox (both Millwall, 1925), George Armitage (Charlton Athletic, 1925), Dick Hill (Millwall, 1926), Len Oliver and Albert Barrett (both Fulham, 1929), Joe Payne (Luton Town, 1937), Tommy Lawton (Notts County, 1947), Reg Matthews (Coventry City, 1956), Johnny Byrne (Crystal Palace, 1961), Peter Taylor (Crystal Palace, 1976) and Steve Bull (Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1989).

Clubs Players from Clubs Outside England (31) Joe Baker (Hibernian, 1959), Gerry Hitchens (Inter Milan, 1962), Kevin Keegan (Hamburg, 1977), David Watson (Werder Bremen, 1979), Tony Woodcock (FC Cologne, 1980), Laurie Cunningham (Real Madrid, 1980), Trevor Francis (Sampdoria, 1982), Luther Blissett (AC Milan, 1983), Ray Wilkins (AC Milan, 1984), Mark Hateley ( AC Milan, 1984, Monaco, 1987, Rangers, 1992), Terry Butcher and Chris Woods (Rangers, 1986), Gordon Cowans (Bari, 1986), Gary Lineker (Barcelona, 1986), Glenn Hoddle (Monaco, 1987), Gary Stevens ( Tallest player Both Peter Crouch and Fraser Forster stood at a proud 6ft. 7in.. Zat Knight stood at 6ft.

6in., and was England's tallest player for 45 minutes against USA, 28 May 2005. Crouch debuted in the next match against Colombia, 31 May 2005. "At 6ft 6in 'Fatty' is the tallest footballer to have represented England. Although regarded as a freak show by many, Foulke was agile for his size and an expert penalty stopper. In the early 1900s, keepers didn't have to stay on the line for penalties, so as a kick was taken Foulke and his enormous bulk charged towards the penalty spot, putting opponents off." Fat Sportsmen, The Observer Sport Monthly, 6 January 2002. It must be noted that Foulke standing at 6'6 is without source. Whereas most official sources attribute him less standing at 6ft. 4in.. Billy Gunn (1884) and Joe Corrigan (1976-82) both stood at 6ft. 4ins. Characteristics Managers Players who played under most managers/coaches Gareth Barry had played under eight managers.

Beginning in 2000, Kevin Keegan, Howard Wilkinson, Peter Taylor, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Steve McClaren, Fabio Capello, Stuart Pearce and Roy Hodgson. Managers Most managers per appearance Andrew Cole earned his first four caps under four different managers for an average of one manager per appearance. Cole made his debut against Uruguay under Terry Venables in 1995, appeared next against Italy under Glenn Hoddle at the Tournoi de France in 1997, made his third appearance against France under caretaker Howard Wilkinson in 1999 and finally earned his fourth cap against Poland under new manager Kevin Keegan in his first starting appearance a few weeks later. Team Wolves legend Steve Bull scored his first goal for the club 28 years ago today - Birmingham Mail Sport Wolves legend Steve Bull scored his first goal for the club 28 years ago today We salute Steve Bull 28 years to the day that he opened his goal-scoring account for Wolverhampton Wanderers with the winner in a cup game at Cardiff City Share Steve Bull celebrates Wolves' winning goal against Birmingham City. Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing!

Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Twenty-eight years ago today a star was born in gold and black - when Wolverhampton Wanderers legend Steve Bull scored his first goal for the club. A 21-year-old Bull scored the first of 306 Wolves goals in a 1-0 win at Cardiff City in the Freight Rover Trophy, now the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. With the game destined for a draw, ‘Bully’ as he is affectionately known by the Molineux faithful, slotted in from six yards with 15 minutes left While some die-hard fans might claim to remember the milestone, very few will have witnessed it as only 1,201 were inside Ninian Park for the Tuesday night match. And even the most optimistic of fans who made the trip to south Wales could not have believed they were watching a piece of Wolves history. Bull, born and bred in Tipton, went on to break four goal-scoring club records including all-time leading scorer and most goals in a season. Look: Classic photos of Steve Bull View gallery It’s difficult to believe Bully actually started out at Wolves’ fiercest rivals West Bromwich Albion after impressing at non-league Tipton Town.

He scored two goals in four games for Wolves’ Black Country neighbours, before switching to Molineux in November 1986 alongside Andy Thompson in a deal worth £65,000. Bull made his debut for Wolves, whey they were languishing in the fourth tier of English football, against Wrexham on November 22, 1986. Ten days later the ‘Tipton Skin’, as he became known for his cropped hair cut, opened his account and went on to notch 19 goals in his first season. Fifteen came in the old Fourth Division. They were crucial in helping Wolves finish fourth, but the club missed out on promotion after being beaten by Aldershot in the playoffs. And while it was a decent return for a rookie, nothing could have prepared the fans and Wolves’ opponents for what was to come in his first full season. Steve Bull in action for Wolves. Bull scored a staggering 52 goals in all competitions, including four hat-tricks and 34 in the league, helping Wolves waltz to the Fourth Division title.

His 50th goal came just 15 months after signing for Wolves, when he found the net twice in a 4-0 home win against Peterborough United on February 9, 1988. After just over two years at the club, Bull surpassed the 100-goal mark, scoring all the goals in a 3-0 home win against Bristol City in the Third Division. He followed his record-breaking tally in the 1987-88 season with another 50 the following, helping Wolves to secure a second successive promotion. Bull carried on scoring in the old Second Division and was started to be talked about as a possible England player. Get more news from our Wolves Facebook page His haul of 27 goals that term earned a call-up to the England squad and he made his international debut against Scotland on May 27, 1989. Bull replaced an injured John Fashanu and marked his debut with a goal He scored three more goals in the run-up to Italia 90 World Cup which sealed his place in Bobby Robson’s England squad.

With Gary Lineker and Peter Beardsley forming a formidable partnership up front, Bull was used mainly from the bench, but did start in England’s win against Egypt. Back at Molineux, Bull continued to find the net season after season and was on the verge of a move to Premier League Coventry City in 1995. Wolverhampton Wanderers legend Steve Bull making his goalscoring England debut against Scotland Former England boss Graham Taylor agreed to sell Bull to Ron Atkinson’s Coventry, but there was a backlash from the fans and the deal fell through. Bull only made one appearance in the top flight - with West Brom in 1986. He came agonisingly close to achieving his dream of reaching the top flight with Wolves, but lost out in the play-offs in 1995 and 1997. His 306th and final Wolves goal came against Bury on September 26, 1998. Bull’s final competitive appearance for Wolves came on the last day of the 1998-99 season against Bradford City. Weeks later he retired due to an nagging knee injury.

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Question: Which Wolverhampton Wanderers player scored on his England debut against Scotland at Hampden Park in 1989?
Answer: Steve Bull